From The Principal

It’s hard to believe that we are heading into March!Tomorrow marks the halfway point for third quarter.I encourage you to continue to monitor your child’s academic progress in PowerSchool and to attend parent-teacher conferences next Thursday, March 7th from 4:30 to 7:30pm.

The scheduling process for the 2019-2020 school year will begin in March.Counselors from Eisenhower and Utica High will visit to present to 9th graders. Mrs. Suchyta will begin scheduling visits to 8th grade English classes, and Mr. Nebel will visit 7th grade Science classes.Please review and discuss the scheduling information with your child when it comes home.I hope our students choose to explore their interests by taking a variety of elective classes and consider challenging themselves with an accelerated or Advanced Placement course.

Please mark your calendars for upcoming testing:

April 9PSAT 8/9 for 8th and 9th grade students

April 15-16MSTEP Science for 8th grade students

April 22-23MSTEP Social Studies for 8th grade students

April 29-May 1MSTEP Math for 7th grade students in Ferry, Cardamone, McCarthy

May 2-3 and 6MSTEP Math for 7th grade students in McDonald

May 7-9MSTEP ELA for students in Dotson, Tyll, Colombo

May 13-15MSTEP ELA for 7th grade students in Lesperance

I am so proud of the way our students apply themselves during testing and am always impressed with their level of achievement!

In closing, I want to make you aware that staff members have noticed many students not putting the lock on their locker.We have addressed this with students because no one should be able to access someone else’s locker…for a variety of reasons.

Utica Community Schools is Michigan's second largest school district. Student achievement in the district outpaces all county, state and national averages. The district's graduation rate is 12 points higher than the state average and students are staff are regularly honored for excellence.

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